Are We Ready for Pandemic Influenza?

Science

Volumn 302, Issue 5650, 2003, Pages 1519-1522

  Webby, Richard J ^a   Webster, Robert G ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; VIRUSES;

BIOTERRORISM; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGENS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (SARS);

PULMONARY DISEASES;

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIC; INFLUENZA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; BIOSAFETY; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONAVIRUS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS; TURKEY (BIRD); VACCINE PRODUCTION; VERO CELL; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS ISOLATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LIABILITY, LEGAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POULTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CORONAVIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; SUS SCROFA; SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0344395604     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1090350     Document Type: Review

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38. We thank W. Shea for helpful advice, S. Naron for editorial assistance, and A. Blevins for illustrations. Influenza research at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is supported by Public Health Service grant AI95357 and Cancer Center Support (CORE) grant CA-21765 from the National institutes of Health and by the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC).